Cantlay's teenage son, Brooks, said he heard a loud noise and went back to sleep for a few minutes before waking up to the smell of smoke. He then went to put out a small fire in the home and found his father dead.

Investigators said the Lance brothers knew Cantlay and were burglarizing his home when he confronted them and was killed.

Shore said Cantlay had trauma to his head from a blunt object, stab wounds to the neck, and second and third-degree burns on his body.He said the suspects poured an accelerant on Cantlay to try to burn his body.

Cantlay's car was later located off McElrath Road in the Starr area of Anderson County.

Neighbors said Cantlay and his son moved to Pendleton about six or seven years ago from Florida.

"This is a terrible deal," neighbor Poag Reid said. "I know Todd had some problems. I'm not saying he didn't have some problems, but he had a good heart.

"I just think it's horrible and I'm worried to death about Brooks. I'm worried about him."